Jabil’s Brooks to Keynote Additive Electronics Conference
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The SMTA announced Rich Brooks, Senior Engineering Manager at Jabil Circuit, Inc., will keynote the Additive Electronics Conference on October 24, 2019 at the DoubleTree by Hilton San Jose in San Jose, California. Mr. Brooks will present “Miniaturization – Driving the Advances in PCB Technology and Assembly” in which he will discuss […]
Gartner Survey Finds That 45% of Product Launches Are Delayed by at Least One Month
Product Managers Focused on Improving Collaboration Experienced Low Product Failure Rates Only 55% of all product launches take place on schedule, according to the 2019 product manager survey* from Gartner, Inc. Product managers who typically launch on time are more likely to meet their internal targets within a year of launch. For the 45% of […]
Smartphone Challenges Continue in 2019, But 5G and Emerging Markets Will Bring Growth Back to the Market in 2020, According to IDC
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – A new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows signs of market recovery in the second half of 2019 and into 2020, pushing smartphone shipment growth back into positive territory. IDC expects shipment volumes to be nearly flat (-0.4%) in the second half of 2019 while […]
Koh Young Releases New Case Study with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Atlanta, GA – Koh Young is proud to release their latest case study filmed on location at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), in Pullman, Washington. SEL, started in 1984 in the garage of inventor of microprocessor based digital protective relay, now employs more than 5,000 people in 164 countries. After having a single Zenith AOI System […]
How Digitalization is Transforming the Electronics Manufacturing Industry
Increasing global competition, rising consumer expectations and the increasingly complex patterns of consumer demand continue to present significant challenges (and opportunities) for electronics manufacturing. In this article Neil Sharp of JJS Manufacturing makes the case for the EMS industry to embrace the digital supply chain.